The Life Scientific Episodes Available now
Adam Hart on ants, bees and insect burgers
When does a waggle dance become a tremble dance?
Jacinta Tan on anorexia nervosa and the mind
How does a person with anorexia nervosa think? Jacinta Tan talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
Pete Smith on why soil matters
Restore peat bogs to mitigate climate change and improve bio-diversity.
Chi Onwurah on why engineering is a caring profession.
Why politics needs more scientists and engineers.
Ben Garrod on conservation and extinction
What can bones tell us about evolution, behaviour and extinction?
Steve Brusatte on the fall of dinosaurs and the rise of mammals
How did mammals come to dominate our planet? Prof Steve Brusatte talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
Shankar Balasubramanian on decoding DNA
The man who found a way to decode DNA at speed.
Julia Shaw on memories that aren't true
Can we trust our memories of events? Julia Shaw talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
Sharon Peacock on hunting pandemic variants of concern
Leading the UK's hunt for new and dangerous Covid-19 variants.
Tim Clutton-Brock on meerkats, red deer and evolution
What makes meerkats so cooperative and why do sons cost mothers more than daughters?
